Images for NOAO Press Release 99-09:


Image Caption: The Center for Adaptive Optics (CfAO) Logo
NOAO is a partner in the multi-institutional Center for Adaptive Optics (CfAO), which will coordinate the efforts of researchers across the country involved in the rapidly developing field of adaptive optics (AO). AO is a method to actively compensate for distortions that cause blurring of images. AO has the potential to revolutionize both astronomy and vision science.

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    		Image Caption: Solar granulation, with and without AO
    Pioneering work in adaptive optics (AO) is being carried out by astronomers at the National Science Foundation's National Solar Observatory at Sacramento Peak, New Mexico. The image of solar granulation shown on the left has been corrected with an AO system; the uncorrected image on the right is of a slightly different field but was obtained simultaneously. Image credit: AURA/NOAO/National Science Foundation.

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